P H O N E M E S
CONSONANT GRAPHEMES
b | same like in English | voiced bilabial plosive | [b] | [b] |
c | same like the ‚z‘ in Italian ‚pizza‘ | voiceless alveolar affricate | [ts] | [ts] |
d | same like in English | voiced alveolar plosive | [d] | [d] |
f | same like in English | voiceless labiodental fricative | [f] | [f] |
g | same like the ‚g‘ in English ‚grace‘ | voiced velar plosive | [g] | [g] |
ð | same like the ‚y‘ in English ‚yes‘ | voiced palatal approximant | [j] | [j] |
h | same like the ‚h‘ in Czech ‚hrad‘ | voiced glottal fricative | [h<?>] | [h\] |
j | same like the ‚y‘ in English ‚yes‘ | voiced palatal approximant | [j] | [j] |
k | without aspiration | voiceless velar plosive | [k] | [k] |
l | as in English word ‚leader‘ | voiced alveolar lateral approximant | [l] | [l] |
m | same like in English | voiced bilabial nasal | [m] | [m] |
n | same like in English | voiced alveolar nasal | [n] | [n] |
p | without aspiration | voiceless bilabial plosive | [p] | [p] |
q | as in Persian word ‚rowqan‘ | voiced velar fricative | [Q] | [G] |
r | same like in Latin (more energetically) | voiced alveolar trill | [r<trl>] | [r] |
s | same like the ‚s‘ in English ‚sea‘ | voiceless alveolar fricative | [s] | [s] |
š | same like the ‚sh‘ in English ‚shield‘ | voiceless postalveolar fricative | [S] | [S] |
t | without aspiration | voiceless alveolar plosive | [t] | [t] |
v | same like in English | voiced labiodental fricative | [v] | [v] |
w | same like the ‚b‘ in Spanish ‚libro‘ | voiced bilabial fricative | [B] | [B] |
x | same like the ‚j‘ in Spanish or ‚ch‘ in Czech | voiceless velar fricative | [x] | [x] |
z | same like in English | voiced alveolar fricative | [z] | [z] |
The letter ‚h‘
is voiceless before any voiceless consonant and in final
position.
When precedes a voiced consonant or between vowels it should be
pronounced as voiced Czech "h" in "hrad",
phonetically [h<?>] or [h\] - a voiced glottal fricative.
SPECIAL ORIGINAL SCRIPT FOR SLAVËNI